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(No Model.)

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SLEEPING BAG.

Patented Feb. 15, 1898."

Wiinesses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FERDINAND JACOB, or DINSLAKEN, GERMANY.

SLEEPING-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,995, dated February15, 1898.

Application filed A ril 7, 1397.

To all whom it may concern.- I Be it known that I, FERDINAND JAcoB,manufacturer, of Dinslaken, Rhenish Prussia, German Empire, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Sleeping-Bags, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a sleeping-bag supplied witha water-tight cover capable of being easily rolled up, and which isespecially adapted to'beused while staying in the country, duringhunting and mountain expeditions, maneuvers, and in the tropics.

In the. accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a sleeping-bag in aperspective view while being used. Fig. 2 shows the sleepingbag whenrolled up.

The sleeping-bag consists of a bag-like part c and a pillow d, buttonedto it. The bag is preferably arranged in such a manner that two-thirdsof its length, taken from the upper aperture, may be opened and closed,thus enabling a person to get into the bag easily. The pillow d isconnected with a foldable protecting-cover 0, having the form of a hoodand being supplied at its free end with a curtain f, divided at e.

The bars I) of the protecting-cover a consist, preferably, of threeparts, one of a greater length in the center and two shorter ones at theside, which are rotatorily connected with each other by rivets 9. Eachjointed curve 11 may, when the bag is rolled up, be placed in a suitableposition, so that when folded back the protecting-cover may occupy aslittle space as possible in the rolled-up bag. The joints are thereforenot only destined to stretch the protecting-cover, but principally serveto give it a peculiar form, and for this reason are only lightlyconstructed. The ends of the j oint-bars are not connected to the pivotsh. The arrangement of the protectingcover renders the folding down Veryeasy, so that the surfaces of the pillow, preferably Serial No. 631,128.(No modelJ' The closing .of the bag-shaped part. a can be effected bymeans of 'buttonholes and buttons, as may be seen from the drawings, orin any other suitable manner-for instance, by means of buttons andknots.

The sleeping-bag is made of a soft woolen flexible water-tight materialand may be prepared in a minute and folded up again in the same time.

The sleeping-bag-weighs only about three kilograms and may be folded upwith a strap, so as to form a handy package to be carried withoutinconvenience.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

A sleeping-bag comprising the bag-like body portion having a lateralflap whereby said bag may be opened lengthwise, the pillow at one end,the jointed curved frames b, b, pivotally held and extending up over thepillow, the flexible covering about said frames forming a hood with aspace between the same and the body of the bag and a curtain extendingfrom the upper and side edges of the curved brace b to the upper andcurved sides i FERDINAND JACOB.

Witnesses:

JOHN HERKMANNS, WM. 0. EMMET.

